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“Life is like an ocean. You can never feel its true power until you are drowning in it.”—George Jung

This is a follow up post to What Are You Passionate About- Part I.

A good definition of passion I found from Webster’s Dictionary is “ardent affection”.

When I think of passion, I think of emotion. An emotion that is so strong and intense it is part of your core being. The recognition of what you believe is truth found in something external. You can be passionate about your soul mate, work, sports, hobbies… the list can goes on. But I think if you break it down, there is a common element in whatever your passionate about that can not be described except you know it’s a fundamental truth that is aligned with your inner being.

But that answer for me is to esoteric for me. I believe passion is rooted in a fundamental singular concept- love for life. That’s it. If you have ever spoken to someone about their passion, you’ll see there eyes light up, they get more energized- you can feel them, and then they start talking a thousand miles per hour because they are so excited that they are thinking faster than they can get the words out. Why does this happen? I believe it is because whatever passion that person has, it encompasses their whole being- every single aspect of who they are. That is why passion mutates and is able to identify itself with different things and concepts… but at its core, passion has the same roots.

The core of passion is not individualistic. Everyone shares the same Eternal Source of passion… love. Think about the greatest men and women to grace the Earth. Each one had a different passion, but if you examine it they had a strong love for their life, their existence. They realized they had the ability to create and design a lifestyle based on their love. They were a medium to express love through their passions.

Right now, I am in a period of finding what drives me. What inspires me to such a great extent that I embrace around it.

A few years back, a mentor had me write a list of 100 things of what I wanted to do in my lifetime. A couple of months ago I redid the list determined to find inspiration through experience and discover what I am passionate about. The list has now become my personal bucket list and is constantly in the works.

 

Accomplishing things off the list is an amazing experience, but its not what the list is about. You’ll find if you try the exercise that you have some goals and experiences that will be outrageous to yourself. You’ll begin to question how you will be able to attain these desires. When writing my bucket list, it was pretty fun and exciting but I admit somewhat frustrating because I did not know where to begin to start taking it down.

My bucket list-

On a recent trip to Sweden (check one of the bucket list , I brought the list with me and sat down at a desk and reviewed it. Then I had this realization- ultimately, the goal is not about crossing off every single item. Some things will change, removed, or added throughout time. The goal of the list is to see how far you can stretch yourself to become the person you want to become. Each and every single item on that list has a reason and purpose related to the person you are and want to be. Any doubt or frustration (like I encountered when drafting it) means you are not the person you want to become…. yet.

So I started meditating over the list and did some deep thinking and a shift occurred in me. I am entitled to design my life. I analyzed the belief systems that made me feel frustrated when writing the list and realized the basis for those limiting beliefs were rooted in fear. It is ridiculous- living in fear. And then I had a paradigm shift, where I started letting those limiting beliefs go? How do you let go of those limiting beliefs? Eckhart Tolle put it best in “The Power of Now”- how do you let go of a burning piece of coal? You just let go.

Fear, anxiety, worry… whatever you want to call it is not real. You create it. I made the decision to let these limiting beliefs come into my mind somehow… and I am now making the decision to eliminate these limiting belief.

Everyone is entitled to live a life of passion, everyone is entitled to love their life… what are the beliefs that are holding you back?